New PACOM Chief

President Obama has nominated Navy Adm. Harry Harris to become the next head of U.S. Pacific Command.

Harris is currently serving as commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, according to a Pentagon statement, and if confirmed by Congress would succeed Adm. Samuel Locklear.

According to his official bio, Harris was born in Japan, raised in Tennessee and Florida and is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate. A maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft pilot, he has been head of U.S. Pacific Fleet since October 2013.